Theatre Design & Technology - Spring 1992 - 62

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nbehalf of USITT and the Design Expo Committee, it is a pleasure 10 present Design Expo '92.
This catalog represents on overview of the exhibit
recently presenled at the USITT conference in Seo"le, WA.
This exhibit includes the choices of two distinguished panels
of jurors who graciously shored their expertise ond time by
assisting with the challenging process of selecting the
designs you see presented in this cololog.
Design Expo serves a variety of functions. Its chief
objective continues to be to provide 0public forum for
identifying ond disploying high quolity theotre design
work. For those designers selected, it offords on opportunity to hove their work recognized ond given brood exposure
to those who see the exhibit, the cololog ond-during those
yeors when 0tour is possible-o public oudience outside the
wolls of 0theolre spoce. For those of us who view that
work, it is on opportunity 10 find some inspirotion, new
ideos and to see 0cross section of work from oround the
country thot is normolly not ovoiloble to us. As ocodemics,
we drow from the cotologs ond gollery guides exomples to
show our students. As 0profession, we benefit from the
exposure that Design Expo provides for the ort form, ond
the subsequent public oworeness ond greater oppreciotion
for the ort ond croh of stoge design.
Design Expo '92 hod 1D6 Member/Non-Member
entries ond 81 student entries. Out of the 187 productions
submi"ed, our jurors selected 18 Member/Non-Member
designs ond 16 student designs. The tosk is extremely difficult. Ohen on unfovoroble response hos more to do with 0
poor slide thon with 0 poor design. Clority ond conciseness
of presentotion continue to be importont considerotions.
Mony of our judges have included their criterio os port of
their response to Ihe entries ond the jurying process.
As is the norm, it is eosy to orticulote whot we do not
like ond whot does not work ond why. It is 0good deol
horder to exploin why one work hos greoter oppeol thon
onother. The mogic of design is difficult enough to occomplish on the stoge. To fully describe it verbolly is impossible. It must suffice to soy thot, of the designs submitled for
this odjudicotion, whot follows ore works thot contoin those
elusive ingredients thot make for good theotre.

BRUCE BROCKMA
Design Expo Committee Chair

is a costume designer
and educator. Amember
of United Scenic Artists
local 829, her designs
have been seen at the
Hortman Theatre
Company, Pennsylvonio
Opero Theotre, Wolllrop
ond the Denver Center
Theotre Compony. At
home in the Pocific
Northwest, Soroh hos designed costumes for the Seo"le
Opera, Intimon Theotre Company, AContemporory Theotre
ond Oregon Shokespeore Festivol.
She is on ossociote professor ot the University of
Woshington's School of Dromo in Seo"le. Her work wos
included in the United Stotes exhibits to the 1987 ond 1991
Progue Quodrenniols, both of which won 0gold medol.
Sorah hos been 0member of United Stotes Institute for
Theotre Technology since 1974 ond hos served three terms
on the 800rd of Directors, one term os Membership
CommiNee choir ond three lerms os Choir of the Finance
Commi"ee. Currently she is President Elect of the Institute,
the first womon to hold thot position.

MICHAEL
OLiCH
is 0freelance designer of
both scenery ond costumes who mokes his
home in Seo"le. Locally,
his work hos been seen
ot the Seo"le Repertory
Theotre, the Seo"le
Opero, AContemporory
Theotre, Intimon Theotre
Compony ond the Empty
~ Spoce Theotre. He hos
enjoyed over 0decade of colloborotion with the Oregon
Shokespeore Feslivol in both Ashlond ond Portlond.
Notionol credits include productions with the Guthrie, the
Goodmon, the Children's Theotre of Minneopolis, the
Milwoukee Rep, the Allionce Theotre Compony, the
8erkeley Rep ond the lote Alosko Rep. Michoel's scenic
instollotion for the Intimon's criticolly occloimed production
of The Kentucky Cycle will be odopted for the Mork Toper
Forum this winter.

is 0freeIonce lighting
designer whose work hos
been seen extensively in
seoNle ot the Seo"le
Rep, Empty Spoce
Theotre, A
Contemporory Theatre,
Intimon, Seo"le
Children's Theotre ond
others. Notionolly, he
': I
hos designed lighting for
Milwoukee Rep, the
Goodmon Theotre, The Denver Center Theotre Compony,
ond the Oregon Shokespeore Festivol in both Ashlond ond
Portlond. Rick received his MFA in lighting from the
University of Woshington where, oher severol yeors, he hos
recently returned to run the lighting design program for the
School of Dromo.

JE F F
STEITZER
is in his third seoson os
Artistic Director of A
Contemporory Theotre.
Among the productions
he hos directed for Aa
ore Peter 80rne's Red
Noses, Christopher
Hompton's Toles from
Hollywood, Arthur
Kopil's End of the World
(with Symposium to
Follow), TImberioke Wertenboker's Our Country's Good ond
the world premiere of Steven Dietz's Halcyon Days. He has
directed extensively in Seo"le and in regional theatres
oround the country. He has been on NEA Directing Fellow at
Minneapolis Guthrie Theatre, on NEA on-site reviewer for
the theotre ponel ond wos recently invited to join the 800rd
of Directors for TCG.

DE IGN EXHIBITION 1992

- the severrth in series 01 biermiol exhibits - is presented by USIlT,
the Ameriron AswOolion 01 DOlign and Produdion Proleslionol\ in
the Performing Am.
DESIG.

EXHIBITION 1992

premieted on 4Marm 1992 at the annuol USIlT CDnIeRlKe &Stoge
Expo in Seatlle, WA. Hot all desigrn in Design Exposition 1992 are
piclUred in !his mlnlog.
USITT

USrIT

DF_~IC:"

Expo 1992

DEDICATFIJ TO TilE ME~IORY OF

STEPHEN G. HILD
1941-1991

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